Arabic → English transcript

Even though today in Iran there is no such thing as“ Persianization”

nor a Persian civilization.

What exists in Iran is Islamic civilization. What exists

in Iran is the religion of Muhammad, the Arab, the Hashemite, the Makkan,

the Qurashi, the Tihami,

the Mudari, the… the… who…

And the founder of the Islamic Republic is an Arab, the son of an Arab,

the son of the Messenger of God, Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him and

his family. And the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic today,

His Eminence Imam Sayyid Khamenei,

is a Qurashi Hashemite sayyid, a descendant of the Messenger of God,

a descendant of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima al- Zahra.

And they are Arabs.